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Main description:
Aggression is a highly conserved behavioral adaptation that evolved to help org- isms compete for limited resources and thereby ensure their survival. However, in modern societies where resources such as food, shelter, etc. are not limiting, aggr- sion has become a major cultural problem worldwide presumably because of its deep seeded roots in the neuronal circuits and neurochemical pathways of the human brain. In Neurobiology of Aggression: Understanding and Preventing Violence, leading experts in the fields of the neurobiology, neurochemistry, genetics, and behavioral and cultural aspects of aggression and violence provide a comprehensive collection of review articles on one of the most important cross-disciplinary issues of our time. Rather than summarize the topics covered by each author in each chapter, I present a schematic diagram to guide the reader in thinking about different aspects of aggr- sive and violent behavior from its neurobiological roots to environmental factors that can either promote or prevent aggression to visions of some of the most horrific acts of violence of our times, and then towards the development of strategies to reduce aggressive behavior and prevent violence. It is hoped that Neurobiology of Aggression: Understanding and Preventing V- lence will foster further research aimed at understanding the environmental genetic and neurochemical roots of aggression and how such information can be used to move forward towards the goal of eliminating violence.
Contents:
Cortical and Limbic Neural Circuits Mediating Aggressive Behavior
Thomas R. Gregg
Emotion Regulation: An Affective Neuroscience Approach
R. James R. Blair and Dennis S. Charney
The Serotonergic Dimension of Aggression and Violence
Klaus Peter Lesch
The Neurochemical Genetics of Serotonin in Aggression, Impulsivity, and Suicide
Mark D. Underwood and J. John Mann
Behavioral and Neuropharmacological Differentiation of Offensive and Defensive Aggression in Experimental and Seminaturalistic Models
Philip M. Wall, D. Caroline Blanchard, and Robert J. Blanchard
Neuroendocrine Stress Responses and Aggression
Jozsef Haller and Menno R. Kruk
Y Chromosome and Antisocial Behavior
Pierre L. Roubertoux and Michele Carlier
Aggression in Psychiatric Disorders
Shari R. Kohn and Gregory M. Asnis
Aggression in Brain Injury, Aging, and Neurodegenerative Disorders
Mark P. Mattson
Environmental Factors and Aggression in Nonhuman Primates
Michael Lawrence Wilson
Aggression, Biology, and Context: Deja-Vu All Over Again?
Rebecca M. Young and Evan Balaban
The Family Environment in Early Life and Aggressive Behavior in Adolescents and Young Adults
Sven Barnow and Harald-J. Freyberger
Television and Movies, Rock Music and Music Videos, and Computer and Video Games: Understanding and Preventing Learned Violence in the Information Age, Susan Villani and Nandita Joshi
Social Drinking and Aggression
Kathryn Graham
Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Childhood Aggressions
Cynthia Hudley
Pharmacological Intervention in Aggression
Debra V. McQuade, R. Joffree Barrnett, and Bryan H. King
Index
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Publication date: December, 2010
Pages: 334
Weight: 794g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Neuroscience
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